General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Cardboard box.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

26.0 cm

Width

17.2 cm

Height

9.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Tools-Machine

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

PORTABLE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

Unknown

Canada

Used in Montreal and Ottawa by a Canadian family. According to the donor, the saw may not have been used very much.

Function

A box in which a product is shipped and sold. In this case a drill-powered circular saw.

Technical

Manual saw accessory which when added to an electric drill, converts the drill into a power saw. This company seems to offer a variety of these attachable accessories but also made full-size electric tools. It reflects well a product made to economize on tools purchase for household uses in the 1950s-1960s. PET Tools made products for Sears and Roebuck in the 1950s, and they also have a variety of magazine advertisements in Popular Mechanics magazine in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Printed on the proper top: "PET/ TOOLS/ DRILL-SAW/ Converts Your Electric Drill/ into a Power Saw"/ Printed on the proper left and right sides: "PET/ TOOLS/ DRILL-SAW/ Use with any 1/4" Electric Drill"/ Printed on the proper front: "PORTABLE ELECTRIC TOOLS, INC./ CHICAGO 20, ILLINOIS"/ Stamped on the front flap: ZP-1"/ Printed on the inside of the lid: "PET/ TOOLS/ DRILL-SAW/ Converts Your Electric Drill into a Power Saw/ Takes the Work Out of Hand Sawing/ Trimming/ Ripping/ Crosscutting/ Dado Cutting/ Angle Adjustment 90 [degrees] to 45 [degrees]/ Depth Adjustment 0" to 1""

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

The box is predominantly red and black with some areas of bare brown cardboard.

Decoration

N/A